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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:01 am Post subject: Which is correct? |
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1)How good are you at skiing?
2)How are you good at skiing? |
In the quote, which is correct? If both are correct, what's the difference between them?
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lotus
Joined: 25 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Hi Chan-Seung Lee,
Number 1 is correct.
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redset
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| It's 1) because you're asking about the person's skiing ability, and 'how good' is used when you're asking someone to rate something. With 2) you're already assuming the person is good at skiing, and you're asking for an explanation of this ('how did you learn to ski so well?'); it could also be a way of asking which specific areas of skiing the person is skilled in, such as cornering or landing jumps ('in what ways are you good at skiing?'). |
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